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  1. UrbanFarmerGirl

    Duck Killed- Need Help Identifying Predator. Factual description- not too graphic.

    Came home from vacation to find a dead and partially eaten duck. He was alive yesterday morning, found dead this afternoon. The rest of the flock was untouched. I am trying to figure out the culprit. Please help so I can protect the others. The Details The Duck A very large male Ancona. The...
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    Will it be possible to make our duck realize he is not a chicken? Ideas please!!!

    We had a broody hen hatch a friend's duck eggs last year. We have one mail duck who stayed with the chickens and has lived as part of the flick for the past year. Roosts with them at night, flicks with them during the day, shares food, etc. the chickens view him as part of the flock too. His...
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    Female Duck(s), Western Washingto

    Looking for 1-2 female ducks, around 1 year of age. I live in King County, WA but could travel to pick up if in state. Not picky about breed, but as they will be living with a full sized drake I have been advised to get full sized females rather than bantams. Flexible on price, within reason...
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    Will full size drake pair with bantam females? Will females be harmed when mating?

    We have a lonely Ancona drake. The female duck we intended to for him to pair with was killed by a dog as a young pullet. He was raised by a broody chicken, and has always flocked with the chickens and slept in their coop at night. Now that spring has sprung, he is aggressively attempting to...
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    Questions about our Ancona duckling- M/F? Lives with chickens.... thoughts?

    Hi all! I have been keeping chickens for about 3 years. I have kept Pekin and Blue Swedish ducks in the past, but never ducks and chickens together. This Spring, a friend's Ancona duck abandoned a nest that was about a week from hatching, and we stuck the eggs under our broody French Copper...
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    Brown eggs from Barred Rocks turning white... why would this happen

    I know there is natural variety in egg size, color, productivity etc. I have 2 Barred Rocks and 1 Buff Orpington who are about 1 year old. Their production has dropped quite a bit in the past month- even though days are long, feed is good, and they should be at the height of production. I used...
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    Finally put themselves to bed!

    Woohoo! For months I have been going out every night and collecting the four pullets (2 near point of lay, 2 only 12 wks or so) from perches in the run and moving them in with the big girls. We are leaving for vacation in a week, and I was getting so worried that they weren't going to work out...
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    Links/info to Fed/State laws re: birds of prey? advice?

    I have posted previously about a hawk family that has taken up residence in my yard and is hunting my chickens. Here is a link to the previous thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6952912#p6952912 Just to summarize: 1 parent, 2 juvenile hawks. They live right behind...
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    1 chicken down, daily attempts to attack. How do I keep this out?

    Lost broody hen a few weeks ago- just disappeared out of the yard one day. Since then, we've discovered two resident cooper's hawks nesting just a stones throw from the coop. They are visible and audible most of the day, every day. They have dive bombed the chicks while I am standing in the...
  10. UrbanFarmerGirl

    Just had to get rid of my little cockerel... feeling bad

    Guess I just need to share- hoping someone will understand. Of the 4 eggs we hatched, 2 were roos. Regulations prevent us from keeping them, but we were able to re-home both. One- the Silver Spangled Hamburg - went to a fabulous home with someone from BYC. The other- the EE- is in a pet...
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    Problem w/ integrating several groups- roost issues too. Help please!

    Hello! We have had a small group of birds for the past year (used to be 4, -1 from hawk attack= 3 currently). They were all purchased and raised together, and have gotten along very peacefully, no problems finding the coop and roost at night. Around Easter we hatched out a few Easter Egger...
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    Maran with Strange Foot Deformity- what is this?

    Today I went to a local breeder who is known for having excellent quality stock, planning to pick up a Black Copper Maran to add to our backyard flock. I picked out my pullet, and she offered to throw in a second pullet for half price. Since we won't be breeding them and she was a friendly bird...
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    WTB Welsummer chicks/hens or other dark layer

    Looking for Welsummer chicks/pullets, or a chocolate egg layer (Maran, etc) ideally somewhere in the Northern California area- where I can pick up. Ideally would like a few sexed chicks. Will provide a beautiful and secure run and coop, with time to range supervised in gardens and field, best...
  14. UrbanFarmerGirl

    EE roo 9 wks old- possible transport CA, OR, WA, Free to right home!

    Looking to rehome our friendly and well socialized EE roo, who will be 9 weeks in a few days (he hatched around easter). He is cautiously friendly with people, and eats from our hands. Tolerates being handled well. Hops up on my knee for a treat. Well socialized and gentle with other chickens-...
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    UPDATE: EE's boys or girls?- post 9 shows recent pics - Thanks!

    mamma hen hatched out 4 eggs- 1 silver spangled hamburg and 3 Easter Eggers. They are almost 5 weeks old. I have a pretty good guess about gender, but I was hoping others could weigh in, as I have never had EEs before and I am not familiar with the variation they display as they develop. How...
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    Can You Help Identify?- Steals Eggs, Ignores Chickens

    When I check the eggs mid-morning or early afternoon (such as on weekends, when I am home at that time) I generally get 3 eggs- one for each hen currently laying. I know who lays what, because the buff lays a pink egg then the barred rocks lay tan eggs. When I go to work early, I often have an...
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    Any Hamburg owners/experts, please give me some hope!

    I hatched a batch of mail order eggs this April- out of the 4 Silver Spangled Hamburg eggs I ordered, only one lonely little chick hatched. The SSHs were the ones I wanted most, and never ever have I wished harder that a chick was female. This little one is almost 3 weeks old. S/he feathered...
  18. UrbanFarmerGirl

    Please Help! loose air cell, under broody, 9 days til hatch. What now?

    Any advice would be appreciated. I just have 4 backyard chickens and this is my first attempt at hatching eggs- I am clueless... and so far just trusting that the Mamma hen will take care of things. I ordered 9 eggs from MPC. (3 silkies, 3 Silver Spangled Hamburgs, 3 EEs). They sent me one...
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    1s time hatcher pls Help! EE from brown egg? Bantam hatch w/ others?

    Hi! Hoping someone with EE experience can help me here- I just ordered a variety of fertile hatching eggs from "MyPetChicken"- I chose that site because I have a very small flock and wanted to order just a small number of specific eggs. I ordered 3 white silkies, 3 Easter Eggers, and 3 Silver...
  20. UrbanFarmerGirl

    Need Advice- First Time Hatcher- Fertile Eggs + Broody Hen :)

    I have a Buffing Orpington Hen that has been broody for at least half of her life- she is super sweet, and at the bottom of the pecking order with our 4 girls. She doesn't lay very often, and if I leave an egg in the coop for more than half a day she goes broody. I think being a Mom is her...
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